MetaChat is an informal place for MeFites to touch base and post, discuss and
chatter about topics that may not belong on MetaFilter. Questions? Check the FAQ. Please note: This is important.
"Last year, drug-related violence there claimed more than 1,600 lives, and the toll for the first nine months of this year soared beyond 1,800, and mounts daily. That makes Juárez, population 1.5 million, the most violent city in the world. Two lines of graffiti summed up a place where not only law and order but civilization itself has broken down: Mi ciudad pide clemencia en su dementia (“My city asks for mercy in its madness”), and Mi ciudad es un negro lamento un aullido infinito (“My city is a black lament, an eternal howl”)."
Whooooo . . . imagine an archeologist going through the ruins of Juarez in the year 4010 and finding that line.
I recently heard the maker of this radio documentary interviewed. I'm looking forward to listening to the full program. I think it'll be a harrowing journey, but these stories need to be heard.
photo by splunge
photo by TheophileEscargot
photo by Kronos_to_Earth
photo by ethylene
